Community View: Test obsession clouds N.Y.'s moral compass

2:02 PM,
Aug. 21, 2013

Written by

Billy Easton

There is a huge disconnect in New York State between the reality of what's happening in our schools and the rhetoric that is being spun by Albany. This month, we saw scores in the new Common Core state tests plummet, with only 31 percent of students passing. The rhetoric out of Albany: we expected it to happen because it's new. The reality: students and teachers didn't have the adequate resources to prepare for the new standards. The steep decline in test scores goes beyond just the expected growing pains with a new standard. The drop in scores was much steeper in high-need schools, underscoring ...